Garment



K. HEITLER.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1919.

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KURT HEITLER. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial No. 343,690.

To all w]: 0122. it may concern:

Be it known that I, KURT HEITLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It is well appreciated that garments, particularly the rubber variety, havehad one defect in that a tape has. in some instances, been associated aroimd the waist line with a view of permitting a constriction to this part of the garment so as to adapt itself to the body of the wearer and support the garment.

It has also been common to associate an elastic tape with that part of the garment which encircles the waist, so that the garment might be slipped around the hips and fit snugly, of its own accord, above the same and against the body of the wearer.

The limitations of these two forms of adaptation of the garment to the waist of the wearer have proven impractical for the reason that primarily the continual chafing of the non-elastic tape against the rubber garment has resulted in the cutting of the same, and with respect to the elastic tape the detrimental feature has arisen that the degree of expansion necessary for the garment to pass over the hips of the wearer has been necessarily limited to the length of the woven fabric forming the tape proper of the elastic tape.

Further all adaptations of a waist band to this type of garment have presented more or less of a careless appearance in that the plaits formed by the body of the garment upon a constriction of the waist band have become irregular.

With a View now of providing a garment which shall hai e a waist band associated with it, which waist band will at 1 11 times, present a neat appearance, I have constructed such a device which shall further permit of an enlargement of the waist portion of the garment limited only by the use of the same at this point.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a waist band which shall be fixedwith respect to the body portion of the garment, so that this part of the same will Wear equally, and in fact will outlive the balance of the garment.

Reference is bad to the attached sheet of drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a garment constrglicted in accordance with my invention, an

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partly sectional view taken through the waist band and that portion of thegarment which conforms to the same.

In both of these views like reference numerals designate similar parts, and the reference 1 indicates the body portion of a nether garment which is preferably constructed of a single sheet of material so as to provide, as nearly as possible, water-proof quahties.

The waist portion of this garment is constructed in such a manner as to permit of sufiiclent material being at hand to allow this part to be readily slipped over enlarged portions of the body, such as the hips. Associated with the garment and preferably the outer face of the same adjacent the upper edge is a resilient band which is preferably rovided with a coating of cement and app ied to the garment by any suitable clamping means, the inner face of the garment being crimped opposite the point of engagement with the band 2 for a purpose hereinafter more fully specified.

It is to be noted that the waist portion of the garment is gathered, as indicated by the reference numeral 3 in the form of neat folds, so that an attractive appearance, such as has been illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is produced.

Obviously now it will be seen that by this peculiar method of attachment an adaptation of this structure to the garment, the same may readily be slipped into position, and that no danger of displacement or wearing of the garment 1 with respect to the band 2 exists. Also, by virtue of the fact that the element 2 is thicker, the degree of expansion of this portion will be greater than that of the garment 1, thus insuring ample facilities for the above function.

It will also be perceived that by this construction no draw-strings or other encumbering devices will be necessary, and that the garment, at all times, will present an extremely neat and handsome appearance.

Obviously this article might be made in any size or shape desired, according to the needs to which it is to be adapted, and further numerous modifications might be resorted to without departing from the scope of my invention, which I claim as: I

1. A nether garment, including a body portion of elastic material, said body portion presenting an uninterrupted waist opening, an elastic band in intimate contact with said body portion, and attached to one of its faces and adjacent said waist opening.

2. A nether garment, including a body portion of elastic material, said body portion presenting a waist opening, and an elastic band in intimate contact with one of the faces of said body portion and adjacent said waist opening, said elastic band being of greater resiliency than the body portion of said garment.

3. A nether garment including a body portion of elastic material, said body portion presenting a waist opening and being formed with plaits around said entire waist opening, an elastic band in intimate contact with said body portion and adjacent said waist opening, said band presenting a substantially flat surface.

4. A nether garment, including a body portion of elastic material, said body portion presenting a Waist opening, an elastic band in intimate contact with said body portion and, adjacent said waist opening,

said band presenting a substantially flat surface crimped throughout its entire length. KURT HEITLERI 

